...that's the way we live in Yarrow, — Match us in Cork or Kilkenny, if ye can. ODOHERTY, (solemnly.) " And is this Yarrow ? this the stream Of which my fancy cherished So beautiful a waking dream, A vision which liath perished." HOGG. What says the lad ?— ODOHERTY. Well,...

...that's the way we live in Yarrow, — Match us in Cork or Kilkenny, if ye can. ODOHERTY, (solemnly.) " And is this Yarrow ? this the stream Of which my fancy cherished So beautiful a waking dream, A vision which hath perished." HOGG. What says the lad ? — ODOHERTY. Well,...

...fancy cherish'd So faithfully a waking dream ? An image that hath perish'd ! O ! that some minstrel harp were near To utter notes of gladness, And chase...silence from the air That fills my heart with sadness. MY PEGGY IS A YOUNG THING. My Peggy is a young thing, Just enter'd in her teens, Fair as the day, and...

...fancy cherish'd So faithfully a waking dream ? An image that hath perish 'd ! O ! that some minstrel harp were near To utter notes of gladness, And chase...silence from the air That fills my heart with sadness. MY PEGGY IS A YOUNG THING. My Peggy is a young thing, Just enter'd in her teens, Fair as the day, and...

...Recoiled into the wilderness. IV. YARROW VISITED, SIPTKMBEH, 1814. AND is this — Yarrow? — TTiis the Stream Of which my fancy cherished, So faithfully, a waking dream ? An image that hath perished ! 0 that some Minstrel's harp were near, To utter notes of gladness, And chase this silence from the...

...Recoiled into the wilderness. i36 .37 YARROW VISITED, SEPTEMBER, i * ij A*D IK ihii— Yarrow I— This the Stream Of which my fancy cherished, So faithfully, a waking dream 7 An image that hath perished ! O that some Minstrel's harp were near, To alter notes of gladness,...

...unmatched amongst its fellows. It is too long for entire quotation, but a few verses we must copy : — And is this — Yarrow ? — This the stream Of which...faithfully a waking dream, An image that hath perished ? 0 ! that some minstrel's harp were near To utter notes of gladness, And chase this silence from the...

...mused; and, thirsting for redress, Recoiled into the wilderness. IV. YARROW VISITED, SEPTEMBER, 1814. AND is this — Yarrow ? — This the Stream Of which...silence from the air, That fills my heart with sadness! a 4 Yet why ? — a silvery current flows With uncontrolled meanderings ; Nor have these eyes by greener...

...Abbotsford, and I hardly know whether I do not regret that I have done so. " And is this Yarrow? Ms the stream " Of which my fancy cherished " So faithfully...a waking dream— " An image that hath, perished?" It is not the Abbotsford of my imagination, nor of the author's description. Where is the " romance...

...stream Of which my fancy cherish'd So faithfully a waking dream ? An image that hath perish'd ? Oh that some minstrel's harp were near, To utter notes of gladness, And chase this silencejrom the air, That fills my heart with sadness ! WonDSWORTH. THE scene was not without its sublimity,...